multiAVCHD - author Blu-ray/AVCHD (Blu-ray players, camcoders, Viera TV) + (HD) DVD

[deank]

No, it doesn't matter what menu you'll select - it won't be generated anyway. There is a special button [SD-DVD] after you click [START]. It will produce DVD output. Once you follow the steps in my previous post, you'll see the title name colored in BLUE in media tab.

http://multiavchd.deanbg.com/multiAVCHD_sddvd.jpg
http://multiavchd.deanbg.com/multiAVCHD_sddvd-title.jpg
http://multiavchd.deanbg.com/multiAVCHD_sddvd-output.jpg

[daberti]

No, it doesn't matter what menu you'll select - it won't be generated anyway. There is a special button [SD-DVD] after you click [START]. It will produce DVD output. Once you follow the steps in my previous post, you'll see the title name colored in BLUE in media tab.



Got it.
Last thing: coming from a 1920x1080 at 23.976 would you recommend keeping whole stuff NTSC (same framerate and 720x480) or going 720x480 resize than applying uncrop 720x576 and 25fps (and eventually applying Pal speedup...) my DVD standalone is capable of converting NTSC to Pal but for legacy compatibility?

[deank]

I was thinking about that yesterday... Still it is better to keep all in the original framerate... This of course means that you'll get 480p instead of 576p = less detail... If you're going to do it, use resize 720x576 + uncrop 720x576. The availability of the 576p depends on the TV system setting in AUTHOR tab. Make sure to set it to "PAL", otherwise the uncrop-box will show only 720x480.

I'll experiment with PAL 576 to see if there will be any motion blur after the encoding.

I'd suggest to do some tests first, check the quality and all and then go for the big Blu-ray titles :)

Dean

[deank]

I did few tests with 23.976 -> 25.000 and as it seems the best option is the one implemented.

* Using dgpulldown to convert 23.976 to 25.000 causes blurring + one sharp frame each second

* Using ChangeFPS, causes slight stutter each 1 second

* Using 23.976->29.970 and then down to 25.000 causes constant blur

The implemented "ConvertFPS" seems to work much better than the above mentioned. There is a slight motion blur, but it is the best one can get.

Dean

[daberti]

I was thinking about that yesterday... Still it is better to keep all in the original framerate... This of course means that you'll get 480p instead of 576p = less detail... If you're going to do it, use resize 720x576 + uncrop 720x576. The availability of the 576p depends on the TV system setting in AUTHOR tab. Make sure to set it to "PAL", otherwise the uncrop-box will show only 720x480.

I'll experiment with PAL 576 to see if there will be any motion blur after the encoding.

I'd suggest to do some tests first, check the quality and all and then go for the big Blu-ray titles :)

Dean

Thanks.
I must be doing something wrong, as SD-DVD button is greyed out :confused:

[deank]

It is greyed out, because you're missing some of the tools. You didn't do a full-download and you don't have them. Download (http://download.videohelp.com/deanbg/multiAVCHD_4.0.exe)the complete package and install it in the same folder where your multiAVCHD is.

[daberti]

It is greyed out, because you're missing some of the tools. You didn't do a full-download and you don't have them. Download (http://download.videohelp.com/deanbg/multiAVCHD_4.0.exe)the complete package and install it in the same folder where your multiAVCHD is.

Now running. Got the donation? ;)

[Adub]

Ah great then! I'm glad that it works on 64-bit then. I'm going to have to fiddle with it some more I suppose then. My system seems to be having problems loading m2ts files that contain VC-1 video through Directshow source. It requires further investigation.

Thanks deank for your fantastic application!

[deank]

@daberti: :) Yes, thanks... I emailed you back few hours ago about it :)

@Adub: There are some tweaks for VC-1 and win7... There were some posts in the thread of BD-Rebuilder. I'm glad you like multiAVCHD :)

[Adub]

Yeah, I'm aware of the tweaks. I've tried all of them. Most of my video is working, just the VC-1/M2TS is not working.

Oh, and I have a bug to report.

While creating a SD-DVD from Inglorious Bastards Blu-ray, Multiavchd errors out saying that it had a problem with my ffdshow/avisynth/haali setup. I did as your log suggested and through the example script into Virtualdub. It runs just fine.

I am using 64-bit version of all of my programs, ffdshow, avisynth, haali and virtualdub.

[11:08:19] *** Initiating video encoding:

[11:08:19] *** Original : 1920x1080
[11:08:19] *** Crop : 0
[11:08:19] *** Resize : 720x480
[11:08:19] *** Uncrop to : 720x480
[11:08:19] *** Sharpen : 0
[11:08:19] *** Bitrate : 2299 kbps
[11:08:19] *** Frame rate: Original (23.976)
[11:08:19] *** Profile : SD-DVD (MPEG-2)

[11:08:19] *** Encoding : Two pass - content: [02:32:59]
[11:08:31] *** Speed : 18086.43 fps (elapsed: 00:00:12 - Realtime x 754.36)
[11:08:31] *** Transcoding failed!
[11:08:31] *** Check ffdshow/avisynth/haali (reinstall)!
[11:08:31] *** DEBUG: Try to play [C:\multiAVCHD\tools\20100322-110819-uncrop-running.avs] in MPC or other player, which supports AviSynth scripts and report the error to the author!

[11:08:31] Retrying to transcode with FFMS2!
[11:08:31] Stand-by for indexing...

[11:08:31] *** Initiating video encoding:

[11:08:31] *** Original : 1920x1080
[11:08:31] *** Crop : 0
[11:08:31] *** Resize : 720x480
[11:08:31] *** Uncrop to : 720x480
[11:08:31] *** Sharpen : 0
[11:08:31] *** Bitrate : 2299 kbps
[11:08:31] *** Frame rate: Original (23.976)
[11:08:31] *** Profile : SD-DVD (MPEG-2)

[11:08:31] *** Stand-by for indexing (ffms2)...

[11:08:31] *** Encoding : Two pass - content: [02:32:59]
[11:08:47] User requested stop!
[11:08:47] *** Speed : 14107.42 fps (elapsed: 00:00:15 - Realtime x 588.4)
[11:08:47] *** Transcoding failed!
[11:08:47] *** Check ffdshow/avisynth/haali (reinstall)!
[11:08:47] *** DEBUG: Try to play [C:\multiAVCHD\tools\20100322-110831-uncrop-running.avs] in MPC or other player, which supports AviSynth scripts and report the error to the author!


[11:08:47] Aborting...
[11:08:47] Aborting...

[daberti]

@daberti: :) Yes, thanks... I emailed you back few hours ago about it :)



I've just received your email...uuuhhh some delay ..the hell with my provider :(

[deank]

Oh, and I have a bug to report.

I am using 64-bit version of all of my programs, ffdshow, avisynth, haali and virtualdub.

You can't possibly have 64bit stable avisynth working. You need all 32bit versions of these tools (ffdshow, avisynth and haali), not 64bit. You can however use 64bit x264, but you'll need proper version placed in tools folder as x264_64.exe and set it in SETTINGS tab.

I'd suggest 1st to get all going with 32bit tools in win7 64bit environment, then experiment. Either way, speed gain is insignificant, and you already lost it for 4-5 months ahead :) trying to use the wrong versions.

[Adub]

Wait, why can't I have 64-bit avisynth working? JoshyD's builds run just fine. I have 64-bit versions of everything that I need and the scripts load fine in Vdub.

Or am I misunderstanding your post? Are you saying that MultiAVCHD only supports the 32-bit version of Avisynth?

[deank]

No... it doesn't care what version you have as long it is working. It is as simple as this: multiAVCHD needs directshow video-pin to open the video. Opening the .avs in vdmod doesn't prove anything. You need to be able to play it with regual player like MPC or WMP - i.e. a player which uses directshow and not its own filters.

And to put it simple again.... multiAVCHD needs avisynth to be able to parse and frame-serve:

Directshowsource("your_video_file.xxx")

That's about it. Nothing else. What codecs or operating system you have or you're using - it is up to you.

[rendez2k]

It depends on what you're going to do. Do not enter re-author mode, because you can't remove playlists. After you import the folder, use the [remove] button and remove all playlists except the largest one (or set higher value in "Do not import AVCHD/DVD playlists if shorter than: **** seconds" in AUTHOR tab - for example 3600 and you'll get only the playlist longer than 1 hour).

@crl2007: I'd like to keep multiAVCHD as an authoring application, not as 'video converter'. There are a lot of 'file-encoders' out there already.

Great! So whats the re-author mode for (if its not a stupid question!)?

Edit: one other thing. I removed 5 audio streams and the output size estimation didn't change. Does it not take into account audio streams?

[Adub]

Okay, I've thrown in the towel and installed win7 32-bit. I've got a Blu-ray to SD-DVD transcode running right now with no problems so far. Thanks again for your hard work deank.

[deank]

Great! So whats the re-author mode for (if its not a stupid question!)?

:) It is for re-authoring a blu-ray disc and keeping the menu... Read this post. (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1361598#post1361598)

[daberti]

@Deank

I'm doing some experiments...is it better to demux HD streams and give them to MultiAVCHD as mkv video and audio stream inside a remuxe .ts (whichever it is) or to give m2ts? I'm talking performancewise.

Then: I downloaded the full proggie per your advice yesterday in the afternoon. Yet autoupdate keeps telling me if I wish to update to 738+ . If I say yes then it downloads the update but after install and proggie restart it asks again for the SAME version. What's up?

Thanks

[deank]

The less you pre-process the input, the better the chance that everything will be okay. So leave the mkv as mkv and the m2ts as m2ts :)

***

About the update... there must be something with my update servers. Try to start multiUPDATE.exe manually and check what will happen. There were few new things yesterday and today morning, too.

In the ABOUT tab you should see todays date:

Dean Kasabow
multiAVCHD_deanBG.com
23/03/2010
Sofia
Bulgaria

[rendez2k]

@Deank

I'm doing some experiments...is it better to demux HD streams and give them to MultiAVCHD as mkv video and audio stream inside a remuxe .ts (whichever it is) or to give m2ts? I'm talking performancewise.

Then: I downloaded the full proggie per your advice yesterday in the afternoon. Yet autoupdate keeps telling me if I wish to update to 738+ . If I say yes then it downloads the update but after install and proggie restart it asks again for the SAME version. What's up?

Thanks

Same here!

[deank]

All is okay at my side... You can manually download it and extract it in multiAVCHD folder. multiAVCHD.rar (http://multiavchd.deanbg.com/multiAVCHD.rar)

[Ginsonic]

Then: I downloaded the full proggie per your advice yesterday in the afternoon. Yet autoupdate keeps telling me if I wish to update to 738+ . If I say yes then it downloads the update but after install and proggie restart it asks again for the SAME version. What's up?

Same here !

[crl2007]

It works OK for me. No double or triple updates. Updated this morning and it didn't asked me again to update to 738+.

[daberti]

The less you pre-process the input, the better the chance that everything will be okay. So leave the mkv as mkv and the m2ts as m2ts :)

***

About the update... there must be something with my update servers. Try to start multiUPDATE.exe manually and check what will happen. There were few new things yesterday and today morning, too.

In the ABOUT tab you should see todays date:

Dean Kasabow
multiAVCHD_deanBG.com
23/03/2010
Sofia
Bulgaria

First part: ok. Thanks

Second part: will do as soon as my encoding finish.

Thanks

[deank]

Okay, I've thrown in the towel and installed win7 32-bit. I've got a Blu-ray to SD-DVD transcode running right now with no problems so far.

...will do as soon as my encoding finish.

It will be nice to get some feedback on your SD-DVD encodings once they're done. :)

Dean

p.s.

* A quick fix: SUP/PGS subtitles created for 576i/576p resolutions were in 480i/480p, causing them to display much higher than supposed to. It is okay now.
* Encoding preview will auto-close aprox. one minute before completion of the re-encoding to avoid a file-lock of the output video file.
* Few fixes when multiAVCHD fails to create some of the menu pages - at least it won't crash with RT error, but will continue

[daberti]

It will be nice to get some feedback on your SD-DVD encodings once they're done. :)

Dean



Will be done ASAP :)

Ok. When I was previously talking about demuxing streams to mkv and AC3 and remuxing to.ts i was anticipating possible issues that has have just happen.
lets say 2012 has two audio tracks both DTS-MA .
MultiAVCHD tells nothing about respective language so we just can choose to encode both or we use MeGui's HDDVD/Bluray streams extractor (which uses eac3to) to know which one is our desired language.
I did, and it was the second audio track in DTS-MA.
I removed from MultiAVCHD the first DTS-MA track and...surprise...it encoded the wrong one.
I.e.: MultiAVCHD inverted the order of the audio streams.
I've double checked by means of extracting via the above mentioned tool...yet I wish to check it again...
BTW: SD-DVD single pass

[deank]

To avoid further bug reports about something as simple as file-names...

multiAVCHD will now check all files and folders and paths and if a filename/path contains non-supported characters media will not be imported.

Supported symbols: 0123456789 a-z A-Z .!@#$%^&()_-=[]{} A-Z range includes only ANSI characters, so no ó or á for example and no cyrillic :( too like Деян :)

That is in build 739.

90% of 'tsMuxeR refused to process' error messages are caused by using non-ANSI characters in the file paths/names.

Dean

[AJ500]

Yes, duration of elementary streams cannot be detected/calculated properly before they're muxed into a container.

Does this mean the camdump.264 file, that's created from the joined m2ts files, cannot be properly displayed in the preview window? I'd like to choose additional chapter points-not just the segment beginning points. Without a full preview of the joined files, I have to manually calculate the additional chapters. Or, get those times during playback of the finished title and re-do the compilation.

[deank]

It is displayed, but the preview-time-stamps do not match the real position in the video. There is no way to overcome this setback, unless the file is muxed into a container like mkv or m2ts.

An easy thing to do is to do it yourself: load the .264 and the .ac3 files in tsmuxer_gui and create a m2ts file then use it in multiAVCHD. I see no other way... Of course it is possible to add auto-put-in-a-container :) but it will require as much HDD space as the original so you'll end up having 3x the size of the source: 1) the original, 2) camdump.264+ac3, 3) camdump.m2ts...

Dean

[deank]

Will be done ASAP :)

Ok. When I was previously talking about demuxing streams to mkv and AC3 and remuxing to.ts i was anticipating possible issues that has have just happen.

MultiAVCHD tells nothing about respective language so

It definitely puts the language ID in the LID box in title properties.

http://multiavchd.deanbg.com/multiAVCHD_LIDS.jpg

If you import a M2TS file from a blu-ray disc it may show UND... You need to import the PLAYLIST (.mpls) file to get the correct language IDs.

[deank]

Does this mean the camdump.264 file, that's created from the joined m2ts files, cannot be properly displayed in the preview window?

It is displayed, but the preview-time-stamps do not match the real position in the video.

...

Of course it is possible to add auto-put-in-a-container :) but...

I think I can add a prompt after camdump.264+ac3 files are created if user wants to go for .m2ts... Would that be of any help?

[daberti]

It definitely puts the language ID in the LID box in title properties.

http://multiavchd.deanbg.com/multiAVCHD_LIDS.jpg

If you import a M2TS file from a blu-ray disc it may show UND... You need to import the PLAYLIST (.mpls) file to get the correct language IDs.

Got it. But I open file and not mpls even the "MeGui" way.
Just a nuance: 2012 has 126 mpls files! Removing one by one from compilation.........
Apart of this, the encoding has been done PERFECTLY!

[deank]

:)

***

@AJ:

http://multiavchd.deanbg.com/multiAVCHD_cam1.jpg

http://multiavchd.deanbg.com/multiAVCHD_cam2.jpg

:)

[AJ500]

Dean,
Thanks for your suggestion to use tsMuxeR. I tried it to mux the 264 & ac3 files. Loaded that file and also the camdump.txt file. I then put in additional chapters using the preview window. All is well. This is much easier than the options I used before.

Yes, anything you can do to make the joining process easier would be appreciated. Could there be a button/option to invoke tsMuxeR, mux the files, load the m2ts file, and replace the camdump in the media listbox? Or would that get messy?

[deank]

It is done already.. Just update with multiUPDATE if not prompted.

:)

[AJ500]

It is done already.. Just update with multiUPDATE if not prompted.

:)

Talks about AMAZING!! That's you!
THANKS! I'll download now.

[deank]

:D

Got it. But I open file and not mpls even the "MeGui" way.
Just a nuance: 2012 has 126 mpls files! Removing one by one from compilation.........
Apart of this, the encoding has been done PERFECTLY!

I posted earlier today (or yesterday) that you can use the option in IMPORT box of AUTHOR tab: Do not import AVCHD/BD/DVD playlists if shorter than: **** seconds. Enter 3600 for example (for 1 hour duration) and multiAVCHD will skip all playlists shorter than 3600 seconds (60min/1hr). :)

Dean

p.s. @AJ500: Thanks again for your support!

[daberti]

:D



I posted earlier today (or yesterday) that you can use the option in IMPORT box of AUTHOR tab: Do not import AVCHD/BD/DVD playlists if shorter than: **** seconds. Enter 3600 for example (for 1 hour duration) and multiAVCHD will skip all playlists shorter than 3600 seconds (60min/1hr). :)

Dean

p.s. @AJ500: Thanks again for your support!

You're right! Me dumb .(

[flaviometal]

Hello Dean!

I have a problem: I'm trying to convert a mkv file that has 3 S_VOBSUB subtitles embedded on it, but multiAVHCD doesn't shows up the subs after encoding. What can I possibly doing wrong?

I've tried to extract the subs with MKVExtractGUI, but it only generates a sub file (without the IDX).

EDIT: in log file, MAVCHD says that the file have o subtitle track. Why?


[13:57:10] Initialising...
[13:57:11] Checking for new version...
[13:57:11] You have the latest build.
[13:57:11] Your multiAVCHD.exe was just updated!
[13:57:11] Consistency check finished!
[13:57:11] Initialization finished. multiAVCHD is ready!

[13:57:11] 1 year and 87 days since multiAVCHD was published.
[13:57:11] 263 people supported it with donations
[13:57:11] and you are the 1317706 one to launch the program...
[13:57:11] Support multiAVCHD to extend its features and keep it going!


[13:57:11] multiAVCHD.dat version: [04000733]
[14:34:11] Loading original chapters (E:\HIGH DEFINITION\test.mkv).
[14:34:11] Chapter name at [00:00:00.000]: 00 00 00.000
[14:34:11] Chapter name at [00:03:25.972]: 00 03 25.972
[14:34:11] Chapter name at [00:09:53.226]: 00 09 53.226
[14:34:11] Chapter name at [00:15:24.390]: 00 15 24.390
[14:34:11] Chapter name at [00:22:02.354]: 00 22 02.354
[14:34:11] Chapter name at [00:25:05.504]: 00 25 05.504
[14:34:11] Chapter name at [00:33:36.915]: 00 33 36.915
[14:34:11] Chapter name at [00:42:15.066]: 00 42 15.066
[14:34:11] Chapter name at [00:49:19.523]: 00 49 19.523
[14:34:11] Chapter name at [00:52:25.175]: 00 52 25.175
[14:34:11] Chapter name at [00:57:32.215]: 00 57 32.215
[14:34:11] Chapter name at [01:04:01.838]: 01 04 01.838
[14:34:11] Chapter name at [01:06:25.348]: 01 06 25.348
[14:34:11] Chapter name at [01:12:42.525]: 01 12 42.525
[14:34:11] Chapter name at [01:20:32.594]: 01 20 32.594
[14:34:11] Chapter name at [01:23:09.718]: 01 23 09.718
[14:34:11] Chapter name at [01:31:06.227]: 01 31 06.227
[14:34:11] Chapter name at [01:39:16.083]: 01 39 16.083
[14:34:11] Chapter name at [01:40:28.322]: 01 40 28.322
[14:34:11] Chapter name at [01:45:35.129]: 01 45 35.129
[14:34:11] Chapter name at [01:52:48.962]: 01 52 48.962
[14:34:11] Chapter name at [01:59:34.067]: 01 59 34.067
[14:34:11] Chapter name at [02:00:41.935]: 02 00 41.935
[14:34:11] Chapter name at [02:05:08.067]: 02 05 08.067
[14:34:11] Chapter name at [02:08:52.325]: 02 08 52.325
[14:34:11] Chapter name at [02:11:00.753]: 02 11 00.753
[14:34:11] Chapter name at [02:22:30.142]: 02 22 30.142
[14:34:12] Loading external subtitles: (eng) - test.mkv.chapters.eng.srt

[15:32:40] Checking for available space and drive types (FAT32/NTFS)...
[15:32:41] Destination [E:]: NTFS, 47306.31 MiB (46.198 GiB) free space
[15:32:41] Temp folder [c:]: NTFS, 20129.46 MiB (19.658 GiB) free space

[15:32:41] Log started for multiAVCHD v4.0 (build 739)
[15:32:41] Selected output mode: AVCHD compatible player (DVD/BD-R disc)

[15:32:41] Processing one title...
[15:32:41] Strict AVCHD folder mode is enabled...
[15:32:42] Processing (E:\HIGH DEFINITION\test.mkv)...
[15:32:42] This title is marked for reencoding / uncropping...
[15:32:42] Encoding process may take 10 min to 10 hours, so be patient...

[15:32:42] *** Initiating video encoding:

[15:32:42] *** Original : 1280x720
[15:32:42] *** Crop : 0
[15:32:42] *** Resize : 1280x720 (No change)
[15:32:42] *** Uncrop to : 1280x720
[15:32:42] *** Sharpen : 0
[15:32:42] *** Bitrate : 2000 kbps
[15:32:42] *** Frame rate: Original (23.976)
[15:32:42] *** Level : 4
[15:32:42] *** B-frames : 3
[15:32:42] *** Ref-frames: 4
[15:32:42] *** GOP size : 48 (keyframe min. each 4 frames)
[15:32:42] *** Quality : One pass (turbo)
[15:32:42] *** SAR : 1:1
[15:32:42] *** DAR : 1280x720
[15:32:42] *** Profile : Blu-ray

[15:32:42] *** Encoding : One pass - content: [00:05:22]
[15:36:30] *** Less than one minute to completion. Closing preview...
[15:37:29] *** Speed : 26.86 fps (elapsed: 00:04:47 - Realtime x 1.12)

[15:37:29] *** Transcoding successful!

[15:37:29] Detected frame reference count: 4 (max:7).
[15:37:29] Detected video: ID#0:V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC 1280x720, fps=23.976, ref=4
[15:37:29] Detected audio: ID#2:A_DTS (48000Hz 24bit 6ch) Language: und
[15:37:29] Attempting to convert A_DTS audio track #2...
[15:37:29] Encoding A_DTS to AC3...
[15:37:49] Parsing to NicAudio/aften (avisynth)...
[15:37:49] Extracting audio track #2 (mkvextract)...
[16:02:54] eac3to/nicAudio did not succeed!
[16:02:54] Trying to encode audio with ffmpeg...
[16:12:13] Audio encoded to AC3 successfully!
[16:12:13] Added audio: A_AC3, "c:\multiavchd\_temp\multitemp-20100323\test.mkv.t2.und.ac3", lang=und
[16:12:13] Title is trimmed: 00:01:36 - 00:05:22
[16:12:13] M2TS stream split set at 4000MiB...
[16:12:13] Creating clip and playlist info (tsMuxeR)...

tsMuxeR (Version 1.10.6) output:
===============================================================================
Decoding H264 stream (track 1): Profile: High@4.0 Resolution: 1280:720p Frame rate: 23.976
Change H264 level from 4 to 4.1
H.264 stream does not contain fps field. Muxing fps=23.976
Decoding AC3 stream (track 2): Bitrate: 384Kbps Sample Rate: 48KHz Channels: 6
Processed 7722 video frames
Creation of Blu-ray playlist
Creation of Blu-ray stream info and seek index
Mux successful complete.
Muxing time: 3 sec
===============================================================================

===============================================================================
tsMuxeR meta:
===============================================================================
MUXOPT --no-pcr-on-video-pid --new-audio-pes --blu-ray --vbr --custom-

chapters=00:00:00.000;00:03:25.972;00:09:53.226;00:15:24.390;00:22:02.354;00:25:05.504;00:33:36.915;00:42:15.066;00:49:19.523;00:52:25

.175;00:57:32.215;01:04:01.838;01:06:25.348;01:12:42.525;01:20:32.594;01:23:09.718;01:31:06.227;01:39:16.083;01:40:28.322;01:45:35.129

;01:52:48.962;01:59:34.067;02:00:41.935;02:05:08.067;02:08:52.325;02:11:00.753;02:22:30.142 --split-size=4000MiB --vbv-len=500 --

cut-start=96s --cut-end=322s
V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC, "E:\HIGH DEFINITION\test.[1280x720-23.976].264", insertSEI, contSPS, lang=eng, level=4.1, fps=23.976
A_AC3, "c:\multiavchd\_temp\multitemp-20100323\test.mkv.t2.und.ac3", lang=und
===============================================================================
[16:12:15] Media transfer: 00000 -> 00000.m2ts
[16:12:17] Processing playlist...
[16:12:17] Title #1 added: "test"
[16:12:17] Verifying title...
[16:12:18] Title has: 1 audio tracks and 0 subtitle tracks

[16:12:18] Preparing authoring information...

[16:12:18] Setting pop-up menu...
[16:12:20] *** [00000.mpls] - Adding pop-up menu [1080p]...
[16:12:20] *** Completed!

[16:12:20] Preparing menu pages...
[16:12:20] Setting main menu for 1 titles...
[16:12:20] There is no menu. Playback will end after title #1.
[16:12:20] Playback will start with title #1 (test).
[16:12:20] Setting menu properties...
[16:12:20] Selected TV system: [NTSC]
[16:12:20] Processing clip (CPI/CLPI) files...
[16:12:20] Completed.
[16:12:24] Done!

[16:12:24] Saving multiAVCHD quick-load project (mpf):
[16:12:24] E:\AVCHD\multiAVCHD.mpf (OK!)

Compilation summary:
Format: AVCHD compatible player (DVD/BD-R disc)
Name : multiAVCHD
===============================================================================
1. test [00:03:45]
===============================================================================
Overall duration : 00:03:45
Output size : 69 MiB (0.068 GiB)

[16:12:24] E:\AVCHD folder created (AVCHD/Blu-ray output)!
[16:12:24] Burn its CONTENTS to DVD R/RW UDF 2.50/2.60 disc!
[16:12:26] You may now remove temp folder (c:\multiAVCHD\_TEMP\multiTEMP-20100323\).
[16:12:26] Your compilation contains 0hrs 3min 45sec of video material.

[16:12:26] multiAVCHD finished in 2384.507 seconds (00:39:44.506)!

[16:12:26] End of log.

[deank]

Someone else posted about problems with S_VOBSUB subtitles. I'll need to check if I have such sample and will test it again.

Is the SUB file you got a text (frame-based like {xx}{yyy} text) or a binary one?

edit: I don't see any reference about subtitles in your log.

edit2:


[14:34:12] Loading external subtitles: (eng) - test.mkv.chapters.eng.srt
...
[15:32:40] Checking for available space and drive types (FAT32/NTFS)...


Did you really need 1 hour to click START or you did a LOT of changes to the imported file? :)

[Fastbke170]

Dean,
Any news regarding Samsung Players not Playing MultiAVCHD Compilations? I have a friend who works in a Local Store who tried 3 Players of various model numbers( I will try to Verify Models). Very Strange as I have not encountered this with any other Brand myself.

[flaviometal]

Is the SUB file you got a text (frame-based like {xx}{yyy} text) or a binary one?

I've tried to open the sub file with notepad and now I can confirm: it's a binary one. The sub file seems to work in subrip.

edit: I don't see any reference about subtitles in your log.

Strange, cause the subs appears in MAVCHD, and I've opened the mkv file with mkvtoolnix and the subs are there.

Did you really need 1 hour to click START or you did a LOT of changes to the imported file?

This delay was caused by an MAVCHD error, and I was far away from my PC, so when I come back, just closed the error box and the encoding continued 'til the end.

I'm sending a sample to you (sended to you by PM). If you can try, I'll appreciate.

[trino]

Dean,
I solved one of my lingering problems, it turns out I had to unload/reload my ffdshow to make one of my errors go away. I was able to play the avisynth script to troubleshoot that. Anyway, now I get much much further than I did before at putting together a massive 1.5TB fat32 drive with 50 movies. (yeah!)

Unfortunately, I'm now getting some issue with x264.exe. I have two move that won't show a preview at all (which I need to pick the "poster" image to fit my needs), all I get is an error and a blank image. I notice the video type is V_MPEG-2. I can't even click on the black preview to play the movie (more on that later).
I just keep getting these crash after crash after crash dialogs...

What might be causing this issue? Do I need to update x264.exe? I got your last package on 3/16/2010 [multiAVCHD_4.0.exe] and have used the update ever since (of course).

I've attached log, too

[Adub]

It will be nice to get some feedback on your SD-DVD encodings once they're done. :)

Dean


Well, the first one completed it's video encoding successfully, but then eac3to failed on the audio encode. I don't know why however, and I wish I could see it's command line so that I can try it from a terminal and see what error it's getting.

It then proceeded to extract the audio track with tsmuxer, but was going very slowly ~1MB/3s. Then I accidentally kicked the power cord and killed the computer :eek:

So, I'm running it again, this time from the playlist import mode and using Quenc for a 1 pass to see if I can actually get it to complete.

I will report back.

[Adub]

Well, first try at conversion failed.

My steps:
1) Load BDMV folder
2) Delete all unnecessary playlists until I'm left with the main movie (Inglorious Bastards)
3) Click on title to edit settings.
4) Remove all audio except for main english audio track.
5) Click the "Transcode" button.
6) Set for SD-DVD output (via Quenc 1-pass) with DVD-5 as the output target size.
7) Set Output dir to a folder on my desktop
8) Start and select SD-DVD output.
9) For some reason, my entire video was demuxed instead of just loading straight from directshow, but whatever, processing continues.
10) Come back several hours later and find the following.
http://img192.imageshack.us/img192/9156/multiavchddvderror.png (http://img192.imageshack.us/i/multiavchddvderror.png/)
Followed by this after clicking "ok".
http://img44.imageshack.us/img44/2140/multiavchddvderror2.png (http://img44.imageshack.us/i/multiavchddvderror2.png/)
MultiAVCHD then proceeds to close.

Project file: http://www.mediafire.com/?on12y2jzyy1
Log: http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?nizzbdzm1yo

Using latest version of MultiAVCHD with Win 7 32-bit.

[gordan]

Hi Dean,

I just moved to windows 7 and problems with multiavchd (v739) came as well:)

I get the following error: "(RT) Failure to copy file (D:\tmp\AVCHD\BDMV\PLAYLIST\00254.mpls) - Line 27639." when I try to create a PS3 AVCHD from one mkv file (there's nothing special about it).
This happens when I start multiavchd as Administrator (otherwise, I get issues much before) and the last log line is: "Failure to mux menu and to create playlist [00254.mpls]"
The destination PLAYLIST directory includes 00000.mpls. 00254 is created in the _TEMP directory.

After acknowledging the error, another window opens but is empty.

BTW, the .log file is not fully flushed so I could not copy from there.

Is this a bug or do you have any suggestions on what to do?


Thanks, G

[deank]

Dean,

Unfortunately, I'm now getting some issue with x264.exe. I have two move that won't show a preview at all (which I need to pick the "poster" image to fit my needs), all I get is an error and a blank image. I notice the video type is V_MPEG-2. I can't even click on the black preview...

Make sure to install the version of HAALI which I posted here (http://multiforum.deanbg.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=17) (direct link (http://multiavchd.deanbg.com/haali_MatroskaSplitter_11-01-2009.exe)). Uninstall the version you have, then install this one and during the install make sure to check both [x] MPEG-TS and [x] MPEG-PS. I can see in your screenshot: Title properties (). This should not be blank and should be a valid filename.

Well, the first one completed it's video encoding successfully, but then eac3to failed on the audio encode. I don't know why however, and I wish I could see it's command line so that I can try it from a terminal and see what error it's getting.


You could've found the log from eac3to either in the temp folder or in the source folder.

Well, first try at conversion failed.

My steps:
10) Come back several hours later and find the following.
http://img192.imageshack.us/img192/9156/multiavchddvderror.png (http://img192.imageshack.us/i/multiavchddvderror.png/)

The error was caused by a trailing SPACE character in the title name [ING BASTERDS ]. I got the same error and now I know what causes it so it is fixed.


9) For some reason, my entire video was demuxed instead of just loading straight from directshow, but whatever, processing continues.


You simply can't process a playlist (mpls) via directshow. In case of branched playlists there is simply no other way but demuxing it completely. If the main movie is in one m2ts file then you can load the m2ts, not the playlist.

Hi Dean,

I get the following error: "(RT) Failure to copy file (D:\tmp\AVCHD\BDMV\PLAYLIST\00254.mpls) - Line 27639."

This is also fixed - it won't crash and will continue, but the error means that the title-list menu won't be available and probably the whole structure won't work properly. Untick [x] Add title-list menu in Author tab.

Dean

[deank]

Dean,
Any news regarding Samsung Players not Playing MultiAVCHD Compilations? I have a friend who works in a Local Store who tried 3 Players of various model numbers( I will try to Verify Models). Very Strange as I have not encountered this with any other Brand myself.

No and I don't know why they don't accept ver 4.0 output and work with ver 3.0. It will be nice to get some test results when using version 4.0 of multiAVCHD and NO menus (no pop-up, no main, no title-list, chapters/setup) - just bare compilation with 1 title.

[deank]

I've tried to open the sub file with notepad and now I can confirm: it's a binary one. The sub file seems to work in subrip.

I'm sending a sample to you (sended to you by PM). If you can try, I'll appreciate.

[10:44:02] Initialising...
[10:44:18] Log started for multiAVCHD v4.0 (build 739)
[10:44:18] Selected output mode: AVCHD compatible player (DVD/BD-R disc)

[10:44:18] Processing one title...
[10:44:18] Strict AVCHD folder mode is enabled...
[10:44:18] Processing (D:\Downloads\__TEST\sampleSvobsubs.mkv)...
[10:44:18] Detected frame reference count: 12 (max:7).
[10:44:18] Video is not AVCHD/BDMV compliant!
[10:44:18] Detected video: ID#1:V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC 1280x720, fps=23.976, ref=12
[10:44:18] Detected subtitles: ID#3:S_HDMV/VOBSUB Language: eng
[10:44:18] Detected subtitles: ID#4:S_HDMV/VOBSUB Language: spa
[10:44:18] Detected subtitles: ID#5:S_HDMV/VOBSUB Language: por
[10:44:18] Detected audio: ID#2:A_DTS (48000Hz 24bit 6ch) Language: und
[10:44:18] Added audio: A_DTS, "D:\Downloads\__TEST\sampleSvobsubs.mkv", track=2, lang=und, timeshift=0ms
[10:44:18] AR of 16:9 will be set for this title.
[10:44:18] Extracting SRT/SSA/VOBSUB subtitle tracks.
[10:44:18] Plase wait - it may take a while!
[10:44:21] Converting to SRT/PGS...
[10:44:21] Converting D:\Downloads\__TEST\sampleSvobsubs.extr.003.eng.idx to SUP (java:BDsup2sub)...
[10:44:22] *** Imported subpictures: 13/13
[10:44:22] Converting D:\Downloads\__TEST\sampleSvobsubs.extr.004.spa.idx to SUP (java:BDsup2sub)...
[10:44:22] *** Imported subpictures: 13/13
[10:44:22] Converting D:\Downloads\__TEST\sampleSvobsubs.extr.005.por.idx to SUP (java:BDsup2sub)...
[10:44:22] *** Imported subpictures: 13/13
[10:44:24] Conversion successful...
[10:44:24] Adding external subtitles (sampleSvobsubs.mkv.chapters.eng.srt) (eng)
[10:44:24] Adding external subtitles (sampleSvobsubs.extr.003.eng.sup) (eng)
[10:44:24] Adding external subtitles (sampleSvobsubs.extr.004.spa.sup) (spa)
[10:44:24] Adding external subtitles (sampleSvobsubs.extr.005.por.sup) (por)

[10:44:24] Reference frames count too high for level 4.1 (1280x720p)!
[10:44:24] M2TS stream split set at 4000MiB...
[10:44:24] Creating clip and playlist info (tsMuxeR)...

tsMuxeR (Version 1.10.6) output:
===============================================================================
Decoding H264 stream (track 1): Profile: High@4.1 Resolution: 1280:720p Frame rate: 23.976
Change H264 level from 4.1 to 4.1
H.264 stream does not contain fps field. Muxing fps=23.976
H264 bitstream changed: insert nal unit delimiters
H264 bitstream changed: insert pict timing and buffering period SEI units
Decoding DTS-HD stream (track 2): Bitrate: 1536Kbps core + MLP data.Sample Rate: 48KHz Channels: 5.1 (DTS Master Audio)
Decoding PGS stream (track 3): Resolution: 1280:720 Frame rate: 23.976
Decoding PGS stream (track 4): Resolution: 1280:720 Frame rate: 23.976
Decoding PGS stream (track 5): Resolution: 1280:720 Frame rate: 23.976
Decoding PGS stream (track 6): Resolution: 1280:720 Frame rate: 23.976
H264 bitstream changed: insert SPS/PPS units
Processed 1486 video frames
Creation of Blu-ray playlist
Creation of Blu-ray stream info and seek index
Mux successful complete.
Muxing time: 5 sec
===============================================================================

===============================================================================
tsMuxeR meta:
===============================================================================
MUXOPT --no-pcr-on-video-pid --new-audio-pes --blu-ray --vbr --custom-chapters=00:00:00.000 --split-size=4000MiB --vbv-len=500 --cut-end=300s
V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC, "D:\Downloads\__TEST\sampleSvobsubs.mkv", insertSEI, contSPS, track=1, lang=eng, level=4.1, fps=23.976
A_DTS, "D:\Downloads\__TEST\sampleSvobsubs.mkv", track=2, lang=und, timeshift=0ms
S_HDMV/PGS, "D:\_TEMP\multiTEMP-20100324\srt-331826669.eng.sup", lang=eng, fps=23.976
S_HDMV/PGS, "D:\_TEMP\multiTEMP-20100324\sampleSvobsubs.extr.003.eng.sup",lang=eng
S_HDMV/PGS, "D:\_TEMP\multiTEMP-20100324\sampleSvobsubs.extr.004.spa.sup",lang=spa
S_HDMV/PGS, "D:\_TEMP\multiTEMP-20100324\sampleSvobsubs.extr.005.por.sup",lang=por
===============================================================================
[10:44:29] Media transfer: 00000 -> 00000.m2ts
[10:44:29] Processing playlist...
[10:44:29] Title #1 added: "sampleSvobsubs"
[10:44:29] Verifying title...
[10:44:32] Title has: 1 audio tracks and 4 subtitle tracks

[10:44:36] Saving multiAVCHD quick-load project (mpf):
[10:44:36] D:\multiAVCHD\AVCHD_test\multiAVCHD.mpf (OK!)

Compilation summary:
Format: AVCHD compatible player (DVD/BD-R disc)
Name : multiAVCHD
===============================================================================
1. sampleSvobsubs [00:01:01]
===============================================================================
Overall duration : 00:01:01
Output size : 108 MiB (0.106 GiB)



There was a small typo error in multiAVCHD, that's why it wasn't working. Make sure to update with multiUDPATE and it will be okay.

[daberti]

Deank, I was wondering how to disable Trellis in 1pass and 2pass SD-DVD compilations.